Alsace

See also: alsace

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈseɪs/, /ælˈsæs/, /ˈæl.seɪs/, /ˈæl.sæs/
• Rhymes: -eɪs, -æs

Proper noun

Alsace

2. A region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.

Derived terms

• Alsace-Lorraine

Translations

region on the west bank of the upper Rhine

• Abkhaz: ალზასი (alzasi)
• Afrikaans: Elsas
• Albanian: Alsasa
• Antillean Creole: Alzas
• Arabic: أَلْزْاَس m (ʔalzas)
• Armenian: Էլզաս (hy) (Ēlzas)
• Azerbaijani: Elsas
• Basque: Alsazia
• Bavarian: Öisass n, Elsass n, Ejsass n
• Belarusian: Эльзас m (Elʹzas)
• Bulgarian: Eлза́с m (Elzás)
• Catalan: Alsàcia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿爾薩斯 / 阿尔萨斯 (zh) (Ā'ěrsàsī)

• Corsican: Alsazia f
• Czech: Alsasko (cs) n
• Danish: Alsace (da) (French region), Elsass (German region)
• Dutch: Elzas (nl)
• Esperanto: Alzaco
• Estonian: Alsace (et)
• Finnish: Elsass (fi)
• French: Alsace (fr) f
• Friulian: Alsazie f
• Galician: Alsacia (gl) f
• Georgian: ელზასი (elzasi)
• German: Elsass (de) n, Elsaß (de) n

  Alemannic German: Elsàss n

• Greek: Αλσατία (el) f (Alsatía)
• Hebrew: אלזס m (alzas)
• Hungarian: Elzász (hu)
• Icelandic: Elsass n
• Ido: Alzacia (io)
• Indonesian: Alsace
• Irish: An Alsáis f
• Italian: Alsazia (it) f
• Japanese: アルザス (Aruzasu)
• Kashubian: Elzas
• Korean: 알자스 (Aljaseu)
• Latin: Alsatia f, Elisatia f
• Latvian: Elzasa f
• Lithuanian: Elzasas m
• Macedonian: Алзас m (Alzas), Елзас m (Elzas)
• Malay: Alsace
• Marathi: अ‍ॅल्सेस (a‍ĕlses), आल्झास (āljhās)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Alsace n

  Nynorsk: Alsace n

• Occitan: Alsàcia f
• Persian: آلزاس (elzas)
• Polish: Alzacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Alsácia f
• Romanian: Alsacia f
• Russian: Эльза́с (ru) m (Elʹzás)
• Sardinian: Alsàtzia f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ѐлзас m, Алсаце m

  Roman: Èlzas (sh) m, Alsace (sh) m

• Sicilian: Alsazzia f
• Silesian: Alzacyjo
• Slovak: Alsasko (sk) n
• Slovene: Alzacija (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Elsaska

  Upper Sorbian: Elsaska

• Spanish: Alsacia f
• Swedish: Elsass (sv) n, Alsace (sv) n
• Thai: อาลซัส (aal-sás)
• Turkish: Alsas
• Ukrainian: Ельза́с m (Elʹzás)
• Urdu: الزاس
• Vietnamese: Alsace
• Welsh: Alsás f
• West Frisian: Elzas n
• Yiddish: עלזאַס n (elzas)

Anagrams

• calesa, scalae

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“inhabitant”, literally “sitter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.zas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Proper noun

Alsace f

1. Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

Derived terms

• Alsace-Lorraine
• alsacien, Alsacien

Anagrams

• écalas

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Alsace m (Cyrillic spelling Алсаце)

1. Alsace (a region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est)

   Synonym: Elzas